Summary: Get the lowdown on the state of the law firm hiring market for the summer of 2017.

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San Francisco

Top Practice Areas: Corporate & Finance, Employment & Labor, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Real Estate

Silicon Valley

Top Practice Areas: Corporate & Corporate Finance, Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Technology Transactions, Data Privacy, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation/ERISA, Employment & Labor, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts & Estates

San Diego

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate, Labor & Employment, Patent Prosecution

Los Angeles

Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Employment & Labor, Family Law, Litigation, Real Estate, Patent Prosecution, Entertainment, Environmental, Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits/ERISA, Healthcare, Tax, Patent Litigation, Trademark, Trusts & Estates,

Orange County

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Corporate, Labor & Employment,

Seattle

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, ERISA/Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits, Corporate, Labor & Employment, Patent Prosecution, Real Estate

Portland

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Labor & Employment, Corporate

Phoenix

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate & Corporate Finance, Labor & Employment. Real Estate

Denver

Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Environmental & Energy

Las Vegas

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Labor & Employment

Chicago

Top Practice Areas: Corporate & Corporate Finance, Litigation, Healthcare, Intellectual Property

Indianapolis

Indianapolis has had a pretty slow summer. Partners with over $1 million in portable business will see greater chances of success. The law firms in this region are less concerned with lateral associates.

Wisconsin

This region wants to see at least $750,000 in portable business with partners. For associates the top practice areas are intellectual property, corporate, labor & employment, healthcare, and trusts & estates.

Minneapolis/Saint Paul

Top Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Employment Law, and Litigation

Saint Louis

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Patent Prosecution, and Intellectual Property.

Michigan

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate & Transactional, Tax, and Employment & Labor

Ohio

The right candidate can find a position in just about any practice area in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.

Boston

Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Real Estate

Washington D.C.

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, ERISA, Healthcare, Real Estate, and Tax

New York

Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Fund Formation, and Real Estate

Philadelphia

Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Real Estate, and Intellectual Property

Kansas City/Missouri

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Corporate, and ERISA/Wealth Management

Atlanta

Top Practice Areas: Corporate, Real Estate, Healthcare, Trademark, Employment, Intellectual Property, and Litigation

North Carolina

Top Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Corporate

Texas

Top Practice Areas: Finance, Corporate, Energy and Project Finance, Labor & Employment, and Patent Prosecution

Louisiana

Top Practice Areas: Litigation

Tennessee

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Healthcare, and Corporate

Florida

Top Practice Areas: Litigation, Real Estate, and Trusts & Estates

Are there any practice areas that surprised you? Tell us in the comments below.

To learn more about previous market reports, read these articles:

• Spring 2017 State of the Market Report
• State of the Fall 2016 Law Firm Hiring Market
• BCG Attorney Search Summer 2015 State of the Market Report Released

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